Tuesday, May 22, 2012 @ 7:00 PM in General Travel

In an effort to get my butt in gear for a 17 day 5,500+ mile ride later this summer (link to that ride), I decided I would ride my Triumph Tiger 800 from Albuquerque, NM to Indianapolis, IN for the Indy 500. The route is just over 1,300 miles each way which I plan on breaking up into two days spending the night camping at Toronto Lake (east of Wichita, KS). My parents live just north of Indy so I'll be staying with them for the long weekend.

The Plan:

Day 1 (May 23): Leave Albuquerque at 6am and ride 673 miles to Toronto State Park in southeastern Kansas where I'll be camping for the night. To get there I'll mainly be on US-54 with a little stretch on I-40 at the beginning of the day.

Day 2: Pack up and leave the campsite as early as possible and head to Indy. This is a mix of US-54 and I-70.

Day 3: Get up early and head to the track to attend Carb Day (final practice session before the big race). Much drinking will be involved. After that I'll have some parties with friends.

Day 4: Rest day / family day. Probably hang out with my grandparents, uncle and parents.

Day 5: RACE DAY! Head to the track early and enjoy some infield debauchery that will most likely involve many beers being consumed.

Day 6: Memorial day. Another rest day / family day.

Day 7: Leave Indy and head back to the Toronto State Park (unless it's a crap-hole of a campsite in which case I'll have to re-evaluate my route home).

Day 8: Depart campsite and head back to Albuquerque.

The Equipment:

I'm taking my 2011 Tiger 800 with a little over 4k miles on the clock. I've got a Touratech 25L topcase and two SW-MOTECH TraX Alu-Box 45L panniers plus a Roto-Pax 1.75gal fuel pack.

Tags: motorcycle, indy 500

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